Maryland
This is the current state capital of Maryland - it was also the capital of the United States from 1783 to 1784
What is Annapolis?
Mr. Nabors went to college in this state - home of Ben and Jerry's ice cream and Bernie Sanders
This Nintendo Switch game was huge at the start of the pandemic. Players set up a small town and got to interact with their neighbors, collect fossils, and catch fish!
What is Animal Crossing (New Horizons)?
What is (a) bush?
This animated TV show has been on the air for 32 seasons (600+ episodes). Some of its most notable minor characters include Krusty and Mr. Burns.
What is the Simpsons? (First episode: December 1989)
This is the number of U.S. presidents from Maryland
What is Governor Thomas Johnson High School?
Another big COVID game - this battle royale let you play as a jelly-bean like character with the ultimate goal to knock out your opponents in the race to the finish line.
What is Fall Guys?
It's another word for a fight - particularly one between opposing groups. If you need to phone a friend, give Steve Harvey a call.
What is a (family) feud?
This is the only NFL team to have a plant as a logo
What are the New Orleans Saints?
Maryland has no natural lakes, but this body of water in far-west Garrett County is the largest man-made one. It's a great place for boating and fishing!
What is Deep Creek Lake?
This is Mr. Nabors' favorite TV show! It's about a high school chemistry teacher whose struggles with lung cancer and medical bills force him down some dark paths in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
What is Breaking Bad?
Legend has it that the athlete featured on the cover of each year's installment in this classic franchise will suffer a terrible fate in the upcoming season (you'll have to decide for yourself if you believe or not...)
What is Madden? (And the Madden Curse!)
This is a substance that measures under 7 on the pH scale. Some examples include stomach and sulfuric.
What is acid?
The five Olympic rings refer the main five of these (there might be six, if penguins were allowed to compete)
What are continents?
The Baltimore Ravens took their name from the poem "The Raven" by this famous Baltimorean (1809-1849)
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Mr. Nabors went to this high school whose mascot is the Hornets, and which is named for the one of the world's oldest cities (the real city is in the Middle East).
What is Damascus?
This is the world's best-selling game of all time. It's sold over 238 million copies since its release in 2011. (The second most popular game has only sold 150 million!)
It's the scientific name for a killer whale
What is an orca?
Even though this world-famous painting is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris, it was actually done by an Italian. It's been in France for a while though; Napoleon had it hung in his bedroom!
What is the Mona Lisa?
In 1987, Baltimore native Muggsy Bogues became the shortest person ever to play this sport professionally. He was only 5 foot 3 when drafted!
What is (NBA) basketball?
This is Mr. Nabors' favorite candy - he's still kind of disappointed that the "green" one is now apple instead of lime...
What are Skittles?
This classic puzzle game was invented by Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. You can play it on 65 different platforms, including a TI graphing calculator! (But don't tell your math teacher I told you that)
This is the part of the eye that gives it color. It can be blue, green, hazel, etc.
This mammal has the longest gestation (pregnancy) phase. While a human's is about 9 months, theirs is about 22 months! Kind of makes sense when you think about the size, though...
What is an elephant?